Lavender Oil on Preoperative Anxiety and Sedation Requirement in General Anaesthesia

National University of Malaysia (UKM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Preoperative Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Strip without Lavender Oil (Px); Drug: Propofol 1 % Injectable Suspension; Other: Lavender Oil on Nasal Strip (Lx)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03460145

37839

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assessment of how Lavender oil reduces preoperative anxiety and subsequently influences requirement of induction agents for general anesthesia.

Full description

This study aims to use aromatherapy (Lavender oil) to reduce Preoperative Anxiety among Female patients coming for elective surgeries under General Anesthesia.

As a consequence of that, the effect is also evaluated on how that influences the amount of intravenous sedation is required during induction for General Anesthesia.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-65
• Female

Exclusion criteria

• Patients on B-blockers and or antidepressants.
• BMI > 35kg/m2
• History of atopy
• History of alcoholism, substance abuse, smoking
• Patients with cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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108 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Strip with Lavender Oil (Lx)

Experimental group

Description:

Application of Nasal Strip with essential oil (Lavender), 20minutes before induction. VAS- Anxiety scores pre and post inhalation.

Treatment:

Other: Lavender Oil on Nasal Strip (Lx)

Drug: Propofol 1 % Injectable Suspension

Strip without Lavender Oil (Px)

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Application of Nasal strip without essential oil, acting as placebo. VAS- Anxiety scores pre and post placebo.

Treatment:

Drug: Propofol 1 % Injectable Suspension

Other: Strip without Lavender Oil (Px)